*Article updated on 02/07/21

The National Education and Research Network (RNP), the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), and the Brazilian Institute for Information on Science and Technology (IBICT) published an open call inviting Brazilian research institutions that have already begun internal discussions for the deployment of an institutional repository of research data. 

The initiative arose from the previously existing cooperation between IBICT and RNP in the context of Commitment 3 of the 4th National Plan of Action for Open Government, which aimed at establishing mechanisms for the advancement of Open Science in Brazil and sharing of scientific data.

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"Considering the increasing demand for opening and sharing research data, motivated by the new paradigm of Open Science, we believe that universities and research institutes will inevitably, sooner or later, need to create their own institutional repositories for research data". In this sense, the open call aims to accelerate the process of creating research data repositories in selected institutions," explains the associate director of P&D of RNP, Leandro Ciuffo.

We want to select three institutions to support them in creating their research data repositories, through training and knowledge transfer initiatives, during an incubation period of nine months. "The learning generated by this project could benefit the entire institution that wishes to create its research data repository, in particular libraries of Brazilian educational and research institutions, which will be the target of the call," commented the coordinator and researcher of IBICT, Washington Segundo.

Since 2017, RNP has had a cooperation agreement with IBICT for R&D activities and, in recent years, has been working together on activities of the 4th national plan of action (OGP). The idea now is to join forces with CNPq, which is also structuring its repository of research data. The agreement will also have advisory support from the Faculty of Librarianship and Communication of UFRGS through the GT-RDP team.

To participate, please visit the proposal submission form.

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